REDLANDS >> A Redlands man pleaded not guilty to rape charges after he was allegedly found having sex with a 15-year-old girl, court records indicate.

Cedric Cornell Baines, 31, was in court San Bernardino Superior Court on Monday and denied the charged levied against him.

Baines was arrested March 10 after police found him and the teen girl parked at Sylvan Park, 601 N. University St., allegedly having sex, according to Carl Baker, spokesman for the city.

“They had been seeing each other for several months and had had sex several times during that time,” Baker said. “The man told police he thought she was 18.”

Baines, who is listed as a transient on booking records, was booked into West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga on suspicion of having sex with a minor and possession of child pornography. The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office only charged him with having sex with a minor, records show.

He is being held on $150,000 bail. His is expected to be back in court on March 22.